Who has keloid can do a tattoo but should avoid due to the risk of problems in healing. The keloid can leave the tattoo scar larger than expected, more bulky and raised.
People who have keloids should avoid getting tattoos, putting on piercing and submit to unnecessary surgeries.
The keloid is a predisposition to form scars that grow exaggeratedly, becoming more bulky and elevated.
Such condition does not improve over time and is more likely to occur in individuals with a family and personal history.
The keloid can occur in places where it occurred any type of injury, such as a cut, a burn, the earring hole in the ear, the location of a piercing or a tattoo.
There are those who are so inclined to form keloids that they develop in pimples, vaccines or even without any kind of stimulus.
Is there treatment for keloid?
There is treatment for reduce the size of the keloid and make it more discreet, through injections containing medications directly on the keloid, usually associated with the use of silicone gel.
The keloid can also be removed through surgery, as a way of trying to swap a large scar for a smaller one. However, there is a risk that the keloid will reappear and be even larger than the initial one.
To reduce this risk, doctors radiotherapy sessions or infiltrations of cortisone right after surgery.
O freezing or the use of laser are also ways to treat the keloid. The treatments and responses produced by the body vary from person to person.
For further clarification on the risks of getting a keloid tattoo, consult your doctor or dermatologist.
